Repairing A Laptop Battery

A while back  we touched on Replacing A Laptop Battery   . Today we're going to tackle R'epairing  A Laptop Battery'. You know the laptop battery is the equivalent of a car engine.. And just like  the car engine .It keeps the laptop going... But with time, the laptop battery weakens. the tqo hours per charge from about two years ago now  lasts only half an hour. But not to worry! It's possible to repair a dying battery. Here is how.


Things You Need For This Exercise

• Screwdriver
• Xacto Knife

Now onward:

Drain All The Power from the Battery 
Drain all the power from the battery and remove the battery from the laptoUse a screw drive to pry off the back of the battery pack. You should find six seperate cell batteries  covered in plastic. However, note the part number of the battery for future reference. It should be on the front of the plastic.

Order 6 Cell Batteries
Order 6 cell batteries to replace the old ones, using the model number from the battery pack. Once you've ordered the batteries, you then use an xacto knife to cut open the plastic to each cell, leaving the batteries exposed. Remove the batteries from the tray, but don't throw them away. Remove the contacts until you're left with the blank battery tray.

 Put The New Batteries In The Plastic
Now put the new batteries in the plastic belonging to the old batteries, leaving the  old batteries exposed , and the new batteries encased in the plastic. And then put the batteries into the battery case and reconnect the wires. You may have to solder the batteries in case they sustained any damage . Otherwise just position them correctly  After getting the batteries in position, put  the battery case together and insert the  battery back into the laptop. And finally charge the battery fully before using the laptop.

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Well, that's a wrap on "Repairing   A Laptop Battery." 

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How To Fix The Power Supply Of A Laptop

You're working on your laptop one fine day when out of the blue the screen goes blank! The first thought racing through your mind is "Please don't tell me it's a virus!"   At ease  my friend! It's not a virus. The cause of your laptop going blank is your power supply. There are quite a few factors behind loss of power supply,  but the most  cause is the wire to the laptop's connector jack being ripped out of place. To fix this, you're going to have to fix the alternate current(AC for short) wire. So onward on how to fix the power Supply of a Laptop

Things You Need For This Exercise

• Wire cutter
• Electrical Tape
• Aluminium foil
• First remove the outlet from both the laptop

• Then use a wire cutter  to cut the  wire at any point beyond the damaged area. Leave a little space between the damaged area and the cut so it doesn't cause damage to the wires  you're going to reconnect.
• Cut the damaged wire completely from the connector jack, leaving as little damaged wire as possible. However, the thick casing near the connector jack also contains basic wiring. You can cut if you want to but the casing is only there for support purposes.
• Now carefully start cutting the outer plastic of both ends of the  wires, about a centimeter from the end. Be very gentle with this or you risk cutting the wires wrapped around the inner insulation... And then remove the excess plastic in the process.
• Get the wrapped wires out of the way and gently cut the insulated plastic a few millimeters from the end.
• Then twist the two ends of the wire and wrap this connection with a small piece of electrical tape  And make sure  you don't bend the tape.
• Wrap the outer wire around the electrical tape, making sure the wires don't overlap.
• If the outer wire near the jack is lacking, use aluminum foil  to complete the connection. Tape this tightly with electrical tape.
• Finally secure the entire connection with complete electrical tape wrap and then test the connection.

That's a wrap for "How To Fix The Power Supply Of A Laptop"

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How To Get Rid Of Screen Lines On a Laptop

You're working on your laptop one day when you when these strange lines appear across your screen? If you're thinking it's a ghost interfering with your screen, not to worry! It's not! The cause of those  spooky lines  is a result of a malfunction of the video cable connection to the LCD screen. This problem can be fixed but to do that we're gonna have to disassemble the display screen first. Let me show you how to get rid of screen lines on a laptop

Things You'll Need For This Exercise

• Just a flat-head screw driver.

First, Disassembly of the Laptop Screen

 Remove The Rubber Seals

First remove the rubber seals  covering the screws on the  screen's upper frame using a flathead screwdriver. Then remove the screws and slowly separate the frame from the screen with your fingers. You then  release the plastic latches holding the frame and then remove the frame.

 Remove The Screens Holding  The Support Brackets

Next, remove the screens holding  the support brackets. You should see the video cable attached to the back of the display screen. Now  unplug and re-plug the cable to ascertain whether the cable is seated properly....This should determine whether the  the video cable is the cause of the screen line problem.

Next Diagnosing  The Problem

Turn on The Laptop

First, turn on the laptop. Then move the video cable around a bit and check the screen to see whether the display image has changed at all. If there is a change, then  the problem is from the video cable. Next move the laptop screen around to check whether the display is also affected here as well. If it is affected , the video cable may be the culprit here as well .

Finally, move the laptop screen around to  check whether the screen is affecting the display. If so, the problem could be from the laptop  screen itself and may need replacing.  You then   go down to Amazon.com if you need a new laptop screen.

Well, that's a wrap on How To Fix  Laptop Screen Lines"." Hopefully this post would have you diagnose your LCD problems. Next time we'll touch on how to replace a laptop screen.

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How To Repair A Virus-Infected Laptop

You know, it 's quite fun browsing online..You get  to see the world at the click of a mouse . It's even more fun when you're browsing on your laptop as you can do that on the go... However,  the internet is also  full of those annoying bugs called viruses and other malicious malware.....These viruses are deadly programs written by bored hackers who have nothing else to do than wreak havoc on people's lives.  These viruses can  shut down your system, causing you to lose all your information. The good news is you can catch the virus on time and treat it at the same time. Here is how to repair a virus-infected laptop :

Things Needed For This Exercise

• Antivirus Software
• Internet Connectivity
• Firewall Software

Now onward:

Get Your Infected Laptop Off The Internet
Get your infected laptop off the internet network that you subscribe to.  This will help curb the spread of the virus and prevent others from being infected as well. If your laptop has a built in wireless feature, turn it off as well..If you have anti-virus software on your laptop run it get rid of the virus. Keep it running until your system reports that the laptop is clean

• If you don't have anti-virus I suggest you purchase either Bit Defender Antivirus Plus
   or AVG Anti-Virus.   You can  download the software on  another PC and then install it on your infected laptop.Once your system says your laptop is free of the virus, you can then reconnect to the internet and continue browsing. Make sure you regularly get  latest updates of the antivirus so as to make it more effective when you run it again.

Install Firewall Software

To prevent future infections, install firewall software such as ZoneAlarm Pro 5 Firewall   or Comodo Firewall .  If you have one installed  firewall software already installed on your laptop,   fair enough.

Well, that's a wrap on "How  To Repair A Virus-Infected Laptop." Hopefully this post will help ease your  virus problems..

Till then take care

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How To Test A Laptop's Hard Drive Health

There are times when you need to test  a laptop hard drive's health. After making the hard drive go full throttle for so long, it may start showing wear and tear. A laptop's hard drive is designed to run according to its manufacturer's specifications. There are several factors that determine a hard drive's health such as speed, drive size, bad blocks, seek time, error rates and so on. These factors are measured  by SMART or System Monitoring Analysis or Reporting Technology. And you can also use available  software utilities to access the laptop's smart data to regularly report the laptop's status and to allow you of imminent danger. Here is how to test a laptop's hard drive's health.

Install Diagnostic Utility

First  install Knoppix  (a highly recommended diagnostic utility on your hard disk). Start the utility, and  follow the instructions for running the test and save the results. Each test should compare the test results as against the manufacturer's specifications and indicate whether the results are within normal range or there is cause to worry. Let's say the test detects bad disk blocks or unusable sectors Knoppix marks the SMART data to prevent programs writing to the data.

Go Over Results
Go over the results again.  The report has a numeric rating ranging from 1 (low) to 253(high).  If the rating is high, the hard disk is in good shape. But if it's low, the disk needs help.  Keep note of ratings that are far out of range and pay special attention to ratings indicating imminent danger such as high temperature, high error rates, and large percentage of bad disk blocks. If the out of range indications are too many, it's time to back up the data and fix the hard disk.

Well. that's a wrap for "How To Test A Laptop's Hard Drive Health." This tutorial was short and sweet but shouldn't be too difficult to handle. 

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Fixing Your Laptop's Broken Power Jack

A broken laptop jack is a recipe for disaster. Not only does it render your laptop useless, but it makes it difficult for the laptop's battery to be recharged. You're probably asking"What causes the power jack to be broken? Well, the breakage takes place when you move your laptop without unplugging the power chord.  This puts excess pressure, causing the soldered connection to break. Instead dishing out a few hundred dollars to get ti fixed, how about I show you how to go about fixing your laptop's broken power jack.

Tools You Need

• Replacement Power Jack,
• Soldering iron and solder
• Desolder Pump

Now onward!

Attach Electrostatic Strap To Your Wrist

Attach an electrostatic strap to your wrist to avoid  static electricity damaging your laptop. Then connect the other end to a piece of metal.Now disassemble your laptop by removing the battery and power chord. After disassembling your laptop, lay it face down and remove any covers from the bottom of the laptop.

Remove Hard Drive

Next remove the hard drive, optical drive, and memory sticks from your laptop. The hard drive is located towards the front of the laptop. Next, remove all screws holding the hard drive and then slide it to one side to disconnect from to the motherboard. The optical drive is held by one screw, Having made that discovery, remove  the screw and slide the drive out of the laptop. Finally the memory sticks are held by two clips... With that in mind, spread the clips apart to cause the memory sticks to pop up. Grab them by the edges and slide them out of the holding area.
  Remove any other screws holding the bottom of the laptop. Pu them aside , and for those of you with memory problems, document them so you can replace them later.

Turn The Laptop's Right Side Up

Turn the laptop's right side up and pry the keyboard bezel along the top of the keyboard. Once removed, proceed to remove the keyboard itself. The keyboard is  connected to the motherboard by a data cable. Then remove the screws holding the keyboard and disconnect the data cable to remove the keyboard. Now disconnect and  the display panel, and remove any screws connecting the display panel to the laptop base.Remove any screws located along the top cover of your laptop.,and  then carefully pry the cover and remove the it from the base.  Next   remove any screws connecting the motherboard to the laptop base and any other components connected to the motherboard including the wireless adapter. After that, remove the motherboard from the laptop base.

Locate Power Jack

Locate the power jack which should be on the back corner of the motherboard, and heat up your soldering iron at this point. Now use your soldering iron to heat the solder holding the power jack and use the desolder pump to remove it as it melts. Dont  press too much on the solder or you damage the motherboard. Next remove the old power jack. Now place fresh solder around  the inputs of the motherboard for the power jack and slide the new power jack in place.(Purchase soldering  toolkit at Amazon.com)Finally reassemble your laptop and reconnect the power cable. After reassembling your laptop,  your new power jack should be raring to go. (Purchase new power jack at Amazon.com )

That's a wrap for "Fixing Your Laptop's Broken Power Jack". Hope this tutorial helps as you try to fix your power jack. Till next time, cheers!

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Replacing A Wireless Adapter.

One benefit of The wireless network adapter, or network card is that you can connect to your wireless network without utilizing network cables through your house.  For those who don't know, the wireless adapter is plugged into the motherboard with the wireless antennae receiving the wireless signal at the rear of your laptop. Unfortunately if your wireless card fails to pick up the wireless signal it means your wireless adapter is defective and needs to be replaced. Here is how to replace a wireless adapter.

Turn Off The Laptop

First Turn off the laptop and unplug the power cord. Then unplug or unscrew the wireless antennae Now remove two thumbscrews on the edge of the laptop side cover, and then  slide the panel towards the laptop's rear to disengage the tabs. After disengaging remove the tab. and   set the cover aside. You will then go on to remove the screw holding the network adapter bracket inside the rear wall of the laptop. Dont forget to set the screws aside.

Get a Hold of The Wireless Adapter

Now get a hold of the wireless adapter and pull it out of its slot - .gently of course. After pulling the card out, set the card aside. Next insert the new wireless card into that same slot from which you pulled the old wireless adapter. You then align the wireless adapter with the rear of the slot, and then push the card back in firmly but gently. Now align the tab on the wireless adapter bracket with the slot in the rear  wall of the laptop case.  Keep pushing the wireless card in the slot until it fits.

Reinstall the Side Cover

After fitting the wireless card reinstall the side cover.Next reinstall the screw  holding the wireless adapter bracket.You then install the antennae on the wireless card before  plugging it or screwing it in.Next plug in the power chord and then turn On your laptop. You will then see  a message saying "Found New Hardware". That's your queue to install new drivers

You then insert the CD that comes with  your new network card. Now select the option to install or update the driver from the CD menu, and  follow the prompts in the installation wizard  to complete the installation.  After that reboot the laptop...Your network card should work like a charm.

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